HEAVY HAWERA RAINFALL

Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1931, Page 10

HEAVY HAWERA RAINFALL

OVER HALF AN INCH IN 2 HOURS. SPORTING EVENTS POSTPONED. An unusually heavy downpour of rain was experienced, in Hawera yesterday. In a little over an hour and a half 60 points of rain fell. Sports events were postponed. At 1.30 p.m. a few drops fell and within a few minutes. the downpour began in earnest. The storm water channels proved barely large enough to cope with the sudden heavy flow, so wherever there tvere slight blockages the water encroached upon the footpaths. In some streets there was practically an unbroken stretch of water from fence to fence. With the cessation of the heavy shower about 3 p.m., however, the channels soon carried off most of the water. The several sports events that had to be postponed, included the Hawera Swimming Club’s carnival which will be held to-night, shield bowling fixtures and friendly tennis and cricket matches. Large numbers had taken advantage of the half-holiday to visit beaches, where they were caught in the torrential rain. Farmers in the district regarded the fall with mixed feelings. In some cases it interfered with the harvesting of hay and ensilage while in other instances it was hoped, for as the pastures were in need of moisture. Generally speaking the rain was welcome, however. WORK FOUND FOR UNEMPLOYED. 30 HAWERA APPLICATIONS FILLED Engagements were found for 30 men who applied' for work to the Hawera unemployment committee yesterday morning. Eighty-four men have received work to'date, the time covered being 510 days and the cost of the subsidy £l7B Is. . i A total of 116 men has been registered with the Hawera committee. No work can be found for 32 men, mostly because of their physical incapacity of doing manual labour, which is the employment .offering. It. is the opinion of the committee that 12 men would be eligible for a sustenance allowance. The registrations include 73 married men with 223 total. and 25 partial dependents. Thirty-nine single men have tour total and five partial dependents, while four widowers have two total dependents. . . DEATH OF MR. T. GEARY. EARLY MEREMERE SETTLER. Air. Thomas Geary, one of the earliest settlers of the Aleremere district, dieo. yesterday morning at the age of 60 years. Air. Geary had. a stroke several months ago and has been in indifferent health since. . i Thirty-five years ago Mr. Geary and his brothers took over a section at Aleremere. The land was then mostly bush-clad but by hard work the place has been converted into a well-kept homestead. A large area was later acquired at Alanutahi, where Mr. Geary lived until a few years ago when he returned .to. the Meremere farm. At one time Air. Geary was chairman of the Melrose Dairy Company. He has also been a director of the Afanutahi Company. ( ■ r’ THE WAIMATE SHOW. MEETING OF COMMITTEE. A meeting of the committee of the Waimate Horticultural Society was held on, Tuesday,. Mr. T. A. Bridge presiding. Arrangements for the show to be he”d on Wednesday, February 18, were considered and the judges and stewards appointed. It was decided, to hold a programme of children’s races, the sum of £6 beirio- allotted for prizes. A sub-commit-tee was set up to draft the programme. It was agreed to hold a working bee next Alonday to prepare the building. The arrangements for the evening programme were left in the hands of a sub-committee. MANIAIA LODGE IN HAWERA. AIANCHESTER UNITY ODDFELLOWS About 20 members of the Loyal Alanaia Lodge, Alanchester Unity, 1.0.0. F., visited Loyal Union Lodge, Hawera, on ‘Tuesday night, when the Hawera body held its ' fortnightly meeting. After lodge business had been disposed of the visitors were entertained, the evening concluding with supper.

OPERA HOUSE TALKIES.

“MAN TROUBLE” NOW SHOWING.

Sharon Lynn has a- role in “Man Trouble,” the Fox Movietone romantic drama showing this afternoon, to-night and to-morrow night at the Hawera Opera House, that gives her a better chance to display her versatility than anything she has previously done. She appears as a singer in a “speakeasy” cabaret, and. sings two of the four songs James Hanley and Joseph McCarthy wrote for the production, porothy Mackaill, who plays the leading feminine role, sings the other two. Milton Sills and Kenneth Mac Kenna as rivals for tbs hand and heart of Dorothy Mackaill play the leading masculine roles. Other important players in the cast are Roscoe Karns, Oscar Apfel, James Bradbury junr., Edythe Chapman, Harvey Clark and Lew Harvey. One of the great events of the picture year will come to the Opera House, Hawera, on Saturday, when “Whoopee,” the Samuel Goldwyn-Florenz Ziegfeld musical riot, starring Eddie Cantor, will make its appearance. “Whoopee” will be screened on the afternoons and evenings of Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. The famous pair of producers, kings of the screen and the stage respectively, have exhausted every angle of their art to make “Whoopee” memorable. The cost of the production, originally estimated at £300,000, was nearer £400,000 when the film was completed. The filming called for seventyfour changes of scene, 512 changes of costume and scenes including 400 and 500 people. The entire Goldwyn and Ziegfeld staffs, were combined to make “Whoopee” technically perfect, with Thornton Freeland, young and brilliant Hollywood director, in charge of the filming. In “Whoopee” a great stage success becomes one of the pictures that make history. Reserves for this great attraction should be made at Miss Blake’s. At the Grand Theatre to-morrow Tom Moore a.id Blanche Sweet will be seen in a great thriller “Woman Racket.”